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Day in the Life

Feb 17, 1877

Journal Entry

February 17, 1877 ~ Saturday

Feb 17, 1877
I presided at the Temple we gave Endowments to 78 mostly
Swiss W. Woodruff sealed 29, their was [blank] Elders ordained
W. Woodruff 11 D. H. Cannon 4, John L Smith 6
A H Raleigh 3, Henry Eyring 2 L J Nuttall 1.

People

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Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
77 mentions
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
156 mentions
Missionary
Eyring, Henry
9 Mar 1835 - 10 Feb 1902
72 mentions
Smith, John Lyman
17 Nov 1828 - 21 Feb 1898
42 mentions
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
421 mentions

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St. George Temple, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

Events

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1877
Church membership reaches 115,065.
February 23, 1877
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
March 1, 1877
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
March 21, 1877
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
April 16, 1877
Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.

Feb 17, 1877